Summer Science Programs

High School Programs

High School Students
The program introduces interested and qualified young Texans to a research environment and provide firsthand experience in the varied career opportunities available in the biomedical sciences.
The Michael J. Ahearn 26^th Annual Summer Workshop for High School Science Educators
The program goal is to provide high school science educators with a combined didactic and laboratory update on current research developments in the biological and physical sciences.
Introduction to Human Genetics: Curricular DVD and Teacher's Guide for High School Science Educators
The Introduction to Human Genetics: Curricular DVD and Teacher's Guide provides high school science educators with a useful resource for the classroom presentation of basic molecular genetics, types of mutations and the laboratory procedures that examine chromosomes and their genetic structure.

The Summer Science Program for College Students
The purpose of the program is to interest and challenge qualified college students in biomedical research as it relates to cancer. The program provides firsthand research experience in various areas of cancer research, and points out the varied career opportunities available in the biomedical sciences.
The Summer Science Program for Medical Students
The purpose of the Summer Research Program for Medical Students is to provide participants with firsthand biomedical research experience in the basic or clinical sciences.
Cancer Prevention Education: Student Research Experiences (R25E CA 056452)
As a result of a two-year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus award, new opportunities are available for interested and qualified upper level undergraduate students to participate in a research experience in cancer prevention.
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Summer Undergraduate Research Program (Summer 2012) - This 10-week program provides laboratory research experiences for undergraduate students who plan to pursue a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree after graduation and are interested in learning about career paths in cancer research.

Professional Student Nurse Extern Program
The purpose of this program is to interest, challenge and provide professional nursing students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of oncology patient care at the nation’s foremost comprehensive cancer center. The program seeks to promote nursing at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the student nurse population and positively impact the recruitment of graduate nurses.